Local schools earn trips to semifinals of OFSAA qualifier

Waterloo Region Record

GUELPH - The St. Mary’s Eagles, Waterloo Vikings and Grand River Renegades have reached the semifinal round at the OFSAA quad-A senior boys basketball qualifying tournament.

The Eagles will take on Guelph’s Centennial Spartans at noon on Monday, while the Vikings and Renegades will play at 1:30 with the winners moving on to the 8 p.m. final at John F. Ross Secondary School.

St. Mary’s won its pool on Saturday by scoring a 56-53 win over John F. Ross and a 73-53 win over WCI, while the Vikings finished second thanks to a 51-43 win over Ross.

Grand River won the other pool, edging Brantford St. John’s 82-77 and crushing Centennial 63-35. Centennial grabbed the final berth in the semis with a 60-53 victory.

Scoring details were not made available.

The semifinals of the junior tournament will feature the Sir John A. Macdonald Highlanders against WCI at 9 a.m. and St. Mary’s against St. John’s at 10:30 a.m. The winners will square off in the final at 6 p.m.

SJAM won its pool with a 61-45 win over St. Benedict and 64-42 win over St. Mary’s, while St. Mary’s took second with a 47-46 win over St. Benedict.

St. John’s won the other pool, downing WCI 40-37 and beating Centennial 43-34. WCI grabbed the second spot with a 55-40 win over Centennial.

Meanwhile, the St. David Celtics scored a 79-52 win over Guelph’s St. James Lions on Saturday to capture the CWOSSA junior boys triple-A classic.

Alec Scheffler had 23 points to lead the Celtics, with Mitchell Lavigne adding 14.

St. David advanced by beating Monsignor Doyle in one semifinal, while St. James beat the KCI Raiders.

Brantford North Park beat St. James 49-35 in the OFSAA senior boys qualifying tournament.